How stupid are Manu?

[SerenityNigh]

Now we are starting to understand the mentality of this RAWK chappie and, from what I can tell, the vast majority of a United fans.

@neville was not like this/i miss that pathetic tosser

 

[MikeH72]

Given I didn't actively watch United last year beyond a few games, I thought he got you more than a fair few points by himself last year. A lot of your goals came through him last year either being created or scored by him, and while his all round play might not reflect that, that's really what you want from a player.

Rooney is always boss in the years leading up to international tournaments. Then when he gets to said international tournament he's absolutely abysmal, then stinks the place out for the first few months of the new season too. Rinse and repeat for next year

 

[blue4eva77]

Now we are starting to understand the mentality of this RAWK chappie and, from what I can tell, the vast majority of a United fans.

Fifteen years he claims to have followed the team.

Fifteen long years in which he says he has spent a "fortune".

Depending exactly when in 1999 he started his expensive odyssey around England, Europe, Infinity and beyond he would have seen them win the European Cup twice, reach the final once and lose, win around nine or ten EPL titles and a bunch of F.A. and League Cups.

Plus the World Club Championship.

But he wasn't following Manchester United for the love of it.

No sir.....all this time he was making a financial investment and like any other investor in anything you care to name he "expects" a return.

He "expects" to reach the top four this season, he has posted that on this very thread. Ergo he is entitled to see his team spend a quarter of a billion quid on players and pay them God knows what in wages.

He doesn't care where this money comes from. After all, it is his money which has gone toward paying for the millions of replica shirts which are made in Third World sweat shops.

The sense of entitlement means that he will not tolerate any more than sixteen barren months so get the cheque book out Mr. Glazer and let the Red Devil take the hindermost

It is just incredible.

FWIW, I started going Everton in 1971 and have spent way more money than me laddo following my team, I would think.

The only thing I am entitled to is a full hearted effort from the lads when I go the game.

The only thing I expect is nowt......I go for the love of it.

When we win I am happy.....when we lose I am sad.

My grand old team owes me nothing.

Give me Everton Football Club over Manchester United PLC any day.

This RAWK lad seems ok. Seems a good laugh.

Great post though, has to be said. Of course we all know the real reason he is here. Nothing wrong with it mind. Gotta do what you gotta do... times are hard. Decent lad though

For a manc like

 

[Jim Lahey]

His argument was that Man Utd fans spend a lot of money in the club which makes that club very rich and therefore it's only fair that that club spends that riches on making Man utd better at football.

That seems reasonable. If you pay more money for a season ticket than your rivals you should expect that extra money to show up on the pitch.

See the main complaints of Arsenal fans.

Summed up much better than I could, mate! At last someone understands what I meant!

 

[roydo]

Summed up much better than I could, mate! At last someone understands what I meant!

I understand as well mate. Not that it matters really. Bristol City earn more than Bristol Rovers, so they can spend more. (Helps having a billionaire owner as well mind. Bristol City that is)

 

[Jim Lahey]

@Khalekan

I don't have to justify my support of Manchester United to you or anyone here. But here we go...

I was born in Salford, 1979. My uncle took me to my first Manchester United match in 1986. He's still a steward there to this very day. I moved away from Manchester when I was 10 years old - my mother divorced my father and took the kids, me any my younger brother, with her. Even though I've lived roughly a 5 hours drive from Manchester since then, I've still managed to get to home games, away games, and European away games as my uncle always did his best to get me tickets and take me and my brother to the game. I was going to the game before Fergie was around and remember the likes of McGrath, Robson and co running around drunk, a noisy, ugly Old Trafford - standing on the terraces there, not sitting!

Yes I was at the Nou Camp in 1999 and I loved every minute of it. So what? Would you cherish a European final should Everton get to one?

You can come out with the "Give me Everton any day" crap but I can't help it that Man Utd is all I know, can I? I'm a Manchester lad and love the Manchester scene. I was brought up on gravy and chips, and I've got a dodgy Manchester haircut still. And what was I supposed to say? "Oh hold on a minute here, I hate us winning all this silverware - I am going to support Oldham now."

You can tarnish us all with the "Glory Hunter" label just because of the team we support but it's unfair and untrue. With success comes new fans, yes. If Everton had won everything we had in the 90s/00s then you'd also have millions of 'new' fans overseas, too.

 

[Sapie88]

My inner OCD is getting to me, @roydo can you just change it to Man U instead of Manu. It's keeping me awake at night.

 

[Prevenger17]

Now we are starting to understand the mentality of this RAWK chappie and, from what I can tell, the vast majority of a United fans.

Fifteen years he claims to have followed the team.

Fifteen long years in which he says he has spent a "fortune".

Depending exactly when in 1999 he started his expensive odyssey around England, Europe, Infinity and beyond he would have seen them win the European Cup twice, reach the final once and lose, win around nine or ten EPL titles and a bunch of F.A. and League Cups.

Plus the World Club Championship.

But he wasn't following Manchester United for the love of it.

No sir.....all this time he was making a financial investment and like any other investor in anything you care to name he "expects" a return.

He "expects" to reach the top four this season, he has posted that on this very thread. Ergo he is entitled to see his team spend a quarter of a billion quid on players and pay them God knows what in wages.

He doesn't care where this money comes from. After all, it is his money which has gone toward paying for the millions of replica shirts which are made in Third World sweat shops.

The sense of entitlement means that he will not tolerate any more than sixteen barren months so get the cheque book out Mr. Glazer and let the Red Devil take the hindermost

It is just incredible.

FWIW, I started going Everton in 1971 and have spent way more money than me laddo following my team, I would think.

The only thing I am entitled to is a full hearted effort from the lads when I go the game.

The only thing I expect is nowt......I go for the love of it.

When we win I am happy.....when we lose I am sad.

My grand old team owes me nothing.

Give me Everton Football Club over Manchester United PLC any day.

A fine post Khalekan. I'm inclined to not go too hard on @RAWK Meltdown though, he's practically a refugee from RedCafe and his chief purpose, when not being inadvertently condescending, is to poke that red nest of fresh chumps with a branch every now and again, which is alright by me.

 

[LinekersLegs]

"Meanwhile, on loans, Manchester United are adamant that the fee paid to secure Radamel Falcao for a season from Monaco is just £4.76 million. However, that does not come close to covering the overall cost of the deal with United paying the 28-year-old striker’s £265,000-a-week wages. It takes the figure for the season to more than £18.5 million. The club have agreed the terms of a permanent deal should it take up the option next summer of a fee of £43  million – plus meeting Falcao’s wage demands."

If the loan figure in the Telegraph article is correct, that is a much more modest fee for Falcao than I saw initially reported. The salary is still eye-popping though.

 

[davidloach]

"Meanwhile, on loans, Manchester United are adamant that the fee paid to secure Radamel Falcao for a season from Monaco is just £4.76 million. However, that does not come close to covering the overall cost of the deal with United paying the 28-year-old striker’s £265,000-a-week wages. It takes the figure for the season to more than £18.5 million. The club have agreed the terms of a permanent deal should it take up the option next summer of a fee of £43  million – plus meeting Falcao’s wage demands."

If the loan figure in the Telegraph article is correct, that is a much more modest fee for Falcao than I saw initially reported. The salary is still eye-popping though.

Seems like the club is really changing its line of thinking from what it was like when Ferguson was there. It's been interesting to watch United change since his retirement.

 

[Jim Lahey]

Spend spend spend!

Gary Neville won't like it. "It's not the United way!"

He's already had sleepless nights over the fact we no longer play his beloved 4-4-2.

 

[dholliday]

Now we are starting to understand the mentality of this RAWK chappie and, from what I can tell, the vast majority of a United fans.

Fifteen years he claims to have followed the team.

Fifteen long years in which he says he has spent a "fortune".

Depending exactly when in 1999 he started his expensive odyssey around England, Europe, Infinity and beyond he would have seen them win the European Cup twice, reach the final once and lose, win around nine or ten EPL titles and a bunch of F.A. and League Cups.

Plus the World Club Championship.

But he wasn't following Manchester United for the love of it.

No sir.....all this time he was making a financial investment and like any other investor in anything you care to name he "expects" a return.

He "expects" to reach the top four this season, he has posted that on this very thread. Ergo he is entitled to see his team spend a quarter of a billion quid on players and pay them God knows what in wages.

He doesn't care where this money comes from. After all, it is his money which has gone toward paying for the millions of replica shirts which are made in Third World sweat shops.

The sense of entitlement means that he will not tolerate any more than sixteen barren months so get the cheque book out Mr. Glazer and let the Red Devil take the hindermost

It is just incredible.

FWIW, I started going Everton in 1971 and have spent way more money than me laddo following my team, I would think.

The only thing I am entitled to is a full hearted effort from the lads when I go the game.

The only thing I expect is nowt......I go for the love of it.

When we win I am happy.....when we lose I am sad.

My grand old team owes me nothing.

Give me Everton Football Club over Manchester United PLC any day.

@Khalekan

I don't have to justify my support of Manchester United to you or anyone here. But here we go...

I was born in Salford, 1979. My uncle took me to my first Manchester United match in 1986. He's still a steward there to this very day. I moved away from Manchester when I was 10 years old - my mother divorced my father and took the kids, me any my younger brother, with her. Even though I've lived roughly a 5 hours drive from Manchester since then, I've still managed to get to home games, away games, and European away games as my uncle always did his best to get me tickets and take me and my brother to the game. I was going to the game before Fergie was around and remember the likes of McGrath, Robson and co running around drunk, a noisy, ugly Old Trafford - standing on the terraces there, not sitting!

Yes I was at the Nou Camp in 1999 and I loved every minute of it. So what? Would you cherish a European final should Everton get to one?

You can come out with the "Give me Everton any day" crap but I can't help it that Man Utd is all I know, can I? I'm a Manchester lad and love the Manchester scene. I was brought up on gravy and chips, and I've got a dodgy Manchester haircut still. And what was I supposed to say? "Oh hold on a minute here, I hate us winning all this silverware - I am going to support Oldham now."

You can tarnish us all with the "Glory Hunter" label just because of the team we support but it's unfair and untrue. With success comes new fans, yes. If Everton had won everything we had in the 90s/00s then you'd also have millions of 'new' fans overseas, too.

I think you're both right, lads. Let's have a beer and laugh at the RS


EDIT: uuups, just seen this thread's called How stupid are Man U

Carry on then.

 

[zirc]

@Khalekan

I don't have to justify my support of Manchester United to you or anyone here. But here we go...

I was born in Salford, 1979. My uncle took me to my first Manchester United match in 1986. He's still a steward there to this very day. I moved away from Manchester when I was 10 years old - my mother divorced my father and took the kids, me any my younger brother, with her. Even though I've lived roughly a 5 hours drive from Manchester since then, I've still managed to get to home games, away games, and European away games as my uncle always did his best to get me tickets and take me and my brother to the game. I was going to the game before Fergie was around and remember the likes of McGrath, Robson and co running around drunk, a noisy, ugly Old Trafford - standing on the terraces there, not sitting!

Yes I was at the Nou Camp in 1999 and I loved every minute of it. So what? Would you cherish a European final should Everton get to one?

You can come out with the "Give me Everton any day" crap but I can't help it that Man Utd is all I know, can I? I'm a Manchester lad and love the Manchester scene. I was brought up on gravy and chips, and I've got a dodgy Manchester haircut still. And what was I supposed to say? "Oh hold on a minute here, I hate us winning all this silverware - I am going to support Oldham now."

You can tarnish us all with the "Glory Hunter" label just because of the team we support but it's unfair and untrue. With success comes new fans, yes. If Everton had won everything we had in the 90s/00s then you'd also have millions of 'new' fans overseas, too.

Funny how these kinds of posts always seem to come from fans of clubs like Utd and Barcelona.

 

[dholliday]

Funny how these kinds of posts always seem to come from fans of clubs like Utd and Barcelona.

it's a defence mechanism: being a local lifelong fan then winning everything in sight, then having to prove to outsiders you're a local lifelong fan.

 

[zirc]

it's a defence mechanism: being a local lifelong fan then winning everything in sight, then having to prove to outsiders you're a local lifelong fan.

The other side of that is that it's far easier to stay a lifelong fan if the worst you've ever had to endure is finishing 3rd.